WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY TO BE DIRECTED BY PETER JACKSON, TO BE THREE PARTS

With the World Cup in Brazil just 31 days away, it has been announced today that the opening ceremony will be directed by Peter Jackson. At the press conference, Jackson himself outlined his vision for what he called “An epic story begging to be told”

“Obviously there’s been some eyebrows raised as it’s not a format I’m used to working with but after a week of meetings with the relevant people in FIFA and the CBF [the Brazilian football association], we were able to nail down some truly spectacular ideas and I can’t wait to get started on it.”

Jackson has vowed to do his best to keep both fans of football and cinema happy.

Further to the announcement, a spokesperson for FIFA gave out a few more details on the project.

“We knew we needed something big. It’s no secret that the organisation of the tournament has had its share of ups and downs but we are confident that we can make it up with an opening ceremony on the scale we’re looking at with Peter on board and that everyone will forget all about the earlier teething problems. The ceremony will be split in to three parts as we feel that is necessary to allow for the characters to drive the story.”

Already rumoured to be signed up to the project are Robert Downey Jnr as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kiefer Sutherland as Lionel Messi, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Sepp Blatter and Mike Myers is set to reprise his role as the voice of Wayne Rooney.